Fossil Fuels Investments A $6 Trillion Mistake, if the world addresses climate change, says a London School of Economics study, reports Sally Bakewell at Bloomberg News, since most of the fossil fuel reserves would have to remain unburned, if humanity is to limit global warming to the UN target of 4 degrees Fahrenheit. Not doing so would cost many more trillions. Are you listening, Wall Street?
☼☼☼ On the Bright Side ☼☼☼
OO Waste heat can fire the next energy revolution with urban waste heat pumps to recapture energy in urban underground systems, like sewers or subways; London, Oslo and other cities are jumping in.
OO Where's the latest corporate clean energy push? Walmart!
OO Clean Powered Living Possible? Portugal just did it for 3 months!
OO Africa's growing a green belt below the Sahara to confront climate change...
OO China and US have forged a working committee to confront climate change! Finally!!!
OO How much solar has your utility taken on? Find our here...
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From NPR today: all of March 2013's new US power came from Solar -- way to go, USA! via solar.calfinder.com
Asia's Soaring Fossil Fuel Burning Will Create Huge Problems, says an Asian Development Bank study, reports Coco Liu at ClimateWire... like foreign fuel dependency, worsening air pollution killing nearly 4 million yearly, and zooming greenhouse gases reaping much more catastrophic climate change. Can this dragon change course in time? Stay tuned.
Meanwhile, check out this little dragon that hid on my steps - Happy Earth Day, little feller! Credit Mary Ellen Harte
Cut the Soot, too, to Slow Sea Level Rise, says a new study, reports Andrew Freedman at Climate Central. Reducing emissions of soot, methane and other short-lived greenhouse pollutants, AND reducing long-lived greenhouse biggies like carbon dioxide, could ultimately halve the rate of sea level rise by 2100, affecting millions of future Americans.
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OO Extreme weather whiplash, from droughts to floods, now hits Midwest US, another sign of climate change
OO Climate Change Will Keep Driving More Intense Precipitation - NOAA Study ... read: more flooding and storm damage
OO Desertification crisis affecting 168 countries worldwide, with climate change responsible for much of it, UN study shows -- World losing an area 3x Switzerland yearly in cropland!
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New York, and World, Can Be Fossil Fuel Free Today with existing technology, says a report by several noted energy experts, reports Stephen Leahy at Inter Press Service. Mix dollops of wind and solar powers, add dashes of other clean energies, generously sprinkle with heat pumps and other techs, and voila! A cheaper, cleaner New York, and world. What do we need? Leadership!! When do we want it? NOW!!
One of these in New York? Sure, I'll take two, with the mountains to go! Credit Dennis Schroeder/NREL
Humanity Has Significantly Changed Global Vegetation over the past 3 decades, two studies show, reports Alex Kirby at Climate News Network. Human-driven climate change is responsible for over half of those changes (much becoming desert), while another third is due directly from human activities. During that time, humanity swelled from roughly 4 billion to 6 billion, an unsustainable level, say many experts. What a great time to plan your future family....
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OO "How Hot Will It Get?" an event to be live streamed starting April 22, 7 PM PST. National Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory scientists will reveal how their new findings could upend current thinking about the pace and scope of climate change - check it out!!
OO Free viewing of Mother: Caring for 7 Billion starting April 19, through May
an award winning film discusses the human overpopulation problem....
OO How climate change affects jetstream -- thus, US weather ... great rainbow colored graphics!!
OO Interactive: Short-Lived Pollutants and Sea Level Rise How will your state benefit?
OO Just how wet will You get? This maps your US flooding probabilites under climate change.
OO Barbara Kingsolver's latest novel, Flight Behavior, shows climate change in real time.
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☼☼☼Acting Like You Care: The XL Keystone pipeline will make possible far more climate change, but President Obama might okay it anyway. Credo, 350.org and others are asking people to stand up and be counted as nonviolent resisters or help in other ways. I did. If you ever wanted to do something big for your future, now's your chance - here. 
And those are just a FEW of the headlines. For more, check out:
☼☼ The Daily Climate
☼☼ Climate Progress
☼☼ Marcacci Communications Energy and Environment News Roundup; for a more detailed daily roundup, substitute the desired date into the link here.
☼☼ InsideClimate News
☼☼ Climate News Network
☼☼ Climate Desk
☼☼ Climate Central
☼☼ RTCC, Responding to climate change
To help you understand just what science does and does NOT do, check this out!
Every day is Earth Day, folks, as I was reminded by this wine cup clarkia I photographed on the trail two days ago. Making the U.S. a global clean energy leader will ensure a heck of a lot more jobs, and a clean, safe future. If you'd like to join the increasing numbers of people who want to TELL Congress that they will vote for clean energy candidates you can do so here. It's our way of letting Congress know there's a strong clean energy voting bloc out there. For more detailed summaries of the above and other climate change items, audio podcasts and texts are freely available.
